I recorded a similar number of species on this survey, 27, as at Mulligan's Flat, but with a rather different mix. Again a flock of Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoos was a highlight with 12 birds in the front paddock, some tearing at dead limbs on trees searching for grubs. Two threatened species, Brown Treecreeper (4 birds in the front paddock as usual), and Varied Sittella (3 birds at site 1 in the front paddock) were recorded. Spotted and Striated Pardalotes were numerous, and several species of honeyeater were around the front paddock (Fuscous, Yellow-faced and White-naped), but not in the numbers which had been recorded by some people there a few weeks prior. There seems to be no flowering there so these birds must be feeding on insects or passing through.
Jenny Bounds